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glitch
glitch An abrupt disturbance in the regular train of pulses from a pulsar, appearing as a sudden decrease in the pulsar's period (i.e. a speed-up in rotation), accompanied by an increase of the spin-down rate which gradually returns to its former value over a few weeks or months. Glitches tend to occur in younger pulsars whose rate of spin is slowing rapidly, notably the Crab Pulsar and Vela Pulsar. They are believed to be caused by the sudden release of stress energy either in the crust (a starquake) or between the crust and the superfluid interior.
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"glitch." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "glitch." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-glitch.html "glitch." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-glitch.html |
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glitch / glich/ inf. • n. a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment: a draft version was lost in a computer glitch. ∎ an unexpected setback in a plan: this has been the first real glitch they've encountered in a three months' tour. ∎ Astron. a brief irregularity in the rotation of a pulsar. • v. [intr.] suffer a sudden malfunction or irregularity: her job involves troubleshooting when systems glitch. DERIVATIVES: glitch·y adj. |
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"glitch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "glitch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-glitch.html "glitch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-glitch.html |
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glitch An intermittent transient fault that occurs when two communicating asynchronous processes fail to complete their hardware interface protocol. It is usually caused by a flip-flop in a metastable state.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "glitch." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "glitch." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-glitch.html JOHN DAINTITH. "glitch." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-glitch.html |
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glitch
•bewitch, bitch, ditch, enrich, fitch, flitch, glitch, hitch, itch, kitsch, Mitch, pitch, quitch, rich, snitch, stitch, switch, titch, twitch, which, witch
•Redditch • Greenwich • eldritch
•ostrich • backstitch • hemstitch
•topstitch • Shostakovich • tsarevich
•Sandwich
•dipswitch, Ipswich
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"glitch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "glitch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-glitch.html "glitch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-glitch.html |
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